Toy pistol



Feb. 28, 1928.

w. F. SCHMIDT TOY PISTOL Filed Dec. 18. 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A TT'oRNEY.

Feb. 2s, 192s. y' 1,660,582

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ieeasaz are? @FF-ICE- WILLIAM F. SCHMIDT, or' WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN, Assiienon'ro ALI;` rammenPROD' Y .Ucrs COMPANY, or WI'Annorfrn, MICHIGAN, Ve. ConronArIoN-or MICHIGAN,

TOY PISTOL.,

Appiieeeien filed December is, 192e. Y,serieu isre. 155,650.`

' My invention relates to'toy pistols, and objectsof my improvementsy areto provide 1 a toy pistol in whichthere shall fbe no danger i of injury to the hand of the operator, thatV can only be fired when the parts are in propf er operative' position and that shall secure cheapness of constructionvand facility in assembling. e

I secure these objects inthe apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: l

Figure 1 is a side elevation of av pistol embodying my c invention.

I Figure 9 is a' ydetail sectionjon the line .y

Figure 2 isfa longitudinal central section, the parts being shown in the discharged position.

. Figure 3 is a similar view to Figure 2, the stock, or handle, being turned to the posil tion to set the parts in firing position. 2go

, Figure 4e is a view similar to LFigure 3,

the handle being'returned to its normal. po-L sition and the parts being in firing position. e

Figure 5 is a section ,onV the line V, V, Figure 4e.

Figure 6 Figure 4. Figure 7 tacliedliandleor stock.' i l Figure .7? is an edge elevation, looking in is a section 4,on the lineVI,

the direction of the arrow, VIIL, Figure 7." Figure 8 is a detail section on the line vIII, viii, Figure 4.

IX, IX, Figure 1.

Figure l0 is a view similar to Figure 9V showing afmodied construction. f. l

a is the stock, or handle, 'and 6 is. the barrel. 62 is anenlarged portion of the barrel forming a guide for the cork vc. '6 is aslot in the lower portion of the barrel toward vthe rear end thereof,64 indicates ashoulder formed by slightly cutting away it the lower portion end of the barrel. to a considerable less width than the diameter.

i to present a catch to be engaged by the is a perspectiveV viewof the de-l 65 is an upward extension.

This may and vadapted'to be projected forward by the spring s. e is a retracting'rod, the forward end of which is rigidly attached tov thepislton Z coaxial therewith, which extends rear- The handle ie mede ef eiieee merel eed ef,

uniform approximate rectangular cross-sectionencept at the upper left hand portion where it is split on each side 'from about the rcenter of its 'upper edges downward, `and parallel to the edges of the handle. .TheA

metal in l.front of each of said splitsis bent sharply inwardV at a2, a2 andrai" and then again outward Vforming par'allel-'iianges a3.

and a4L which are also parallelto thefside surfaces of the handle leaving the slotsk 7c, between the inner edgesof the'bentin vportions and theadjacent edges of the handle. The flanges aaf, are similarly Eout awayL towardtheirupper righthandf pori f Y tions, and are-bent inward andlie against each other as shownin Figure 7 to form the Vengaging linger a. t is a triangular shaped piece ofsheet metal forming the triggern piece pivoted upon a pin ta passing through holes taz in the flangesvaa a I The barrel'and'handle, or stock, are .asseme vbled as follows: p 4 c v Y The anges a3, a4, with the trigger-piece ifv pivoted therebetween, are inserted between' the flanges 6",` 6", of the barrel 6. v,'llhe lastv named flangesy passingl through the slots 76,170, andoutside ofl the flanges a3, @fand insideof'the .adjacentportion of the handle Va atthe upper right hand portiony ofsaid handle.V A pin a6 is thenl passed'throughj.

suitable apertures' inthe f1anges6, 6- 7 and through' the aperture w62 (Fig. 7 in the flanges a8, at.

a7 (Fig. `7

theilanges 66, 67. Suitable lugs I(not shown) are formed in said flanges so that when the handle isturned to operativefposition said lugs shall engage in said 'hole to hold the handle in positione n indicates `holes through thev metal ofthe handle a where it passes over"- When the handle` is in the position just described the fingernG engages the` part e3' of the retracting wire e, as shown inFigure 2.

To load the pistol the handle a is broken? down las shown in Figure 3. The

`finger a6 `acting to carry the part e3 of the retracting rod into position to engage the lugs 6'* formed by cutting away the rear of the barrel b. This movementof the handle carries the trigger t in fbetween the flanges 6G and 57, as shown in Figure 3,

where it -can not be acted upon to displace theend Ve3 of theretracting rod e. In this motion of the handle there is no position in which the operators hand may be engaged Vbetween fthe handle'and .trigger and until the handle is'returned to its normal vposition the part #of the trigger is so' far sepfarated Vfrom the end e3 of the retracting rod e that it cannot engage it to' displace the same and the part t2 of the trigger piece,

which is engaged'to fire, the pistol isbetween the flanges be and 57i When the handle is returned to its normal position theparts are in firing position as shown in Figure 4. A'The operator presses *upon the edget2 of the'trigger t to displace theend c3 of the retracting rod e from engagement with the shoulders b4, the spring s .throws the piston-'alv forward compressingV theair before it and displacing the corlr c. `When thee-pistol is re-loaded, as above described, the retracting of the rod e carries with it the wire f'whic'h by means ofthe loop f3 replaces the cork c in the end of the barrel b.

`The handleandbarrel may vbe'made entirelyof sheet metaland are stamped out in the form shown and described.v The yhan- VVidle'atits upper righthand portion Vextends outside of the flanges b5, b", relative to which the handle moves, so that the hand of the operator,y grasping the handle, is held out 'of'contact with the relatively moving parts.

lIn the modification shownin Figure 10 Vonly one side of the handle a is lslit, and

j KVbent to form' a flange a?, as above described, j fand there is only onek flange b ffrom theedge of the slot b3.

What. I claim is: j

1. In an apparatus of the kind described,

.a barrel and a handle forming constituent parts of said apparatuszsaid handle being `,'f'secured to said barrel soas to be movable relative thereto to operate vthe apparatus'and fa trigger-piece movably secured torv one of said parts and adapted to be drawn-into the other of said parts by the relative' movement Y of `'the same.

2. In'an apparatus of the kind described,

` thecombination'ofa Vbarrel and operative Y parts therein, a handle movably secured to l f saidf barrel, a tr1gger-piece on said handle so located that thefmovementfof the handle shallcarry said trigger-piece into a' position turned A*down such that it cannot cooperate with said operativeV parts.

'3. In an apparatus-of the kind described, i

a barrel having parallel and adjacent flanges extending therefrom, a. handle pivoted bef tween said flanges and a trigger-piece movably secured to said handle so as to be car- 'lnovement of said handle.V

, 4. In an --apparatus ofthe kinddescribed, a barrel havingl parallel and adjacent flanges vextending therefrom, a handle pivoted be.r tween said flanges and trigger-piece movably secured to saidhandle so as to be carried between said flanges by the relative vmovement ofY said handle, operative parts in said barrel., 'said triger-pi ecev being so formed and located that it shall be carried out of posit-ion to cooperate with said oper` ative parts' whenfhe handle is Vmoved from its normal position.

5. In an apparatus of the kind described,`

the combination of a barrel, operative parts in said barrel, said -barrelbeing provided with a slotthrough'the wall thereof toward ythe rearV of said barrel, 'flanges extending parallel to each other from the edges of said slot, and a handle pivoted to said flanges and extending in part betweenY said flanges,

and in part outside of said flanges at'thev o'uter'sid'es thereof, the part of said handlel between said flanges extending through said slot'jto `cooperate with said operative parts.

6. In an apparatus of the kind described, the' combination of a barrel, operative'parts in said barrel, said barrel `being provided with a slot through the wall'ther'e'of toward the rear of said barrel, flanges lextending parallel to each other from the edges` of said Lin-said barrel, said barrelbeing provided vwith slot toward the rear of said barrel, a" flange extending fromone edge of said slot,`

"and a handle pivoted to said flange, one side of said handle extendingk in part'ialong. the inner surface of saidflange andl infpart valong the outer surface of said flange and theother side of `said handle lextending parallelto the first named side, they part of the first mentioned side of said'handle extending through said slot to cooperate with said v:operative parts.

8.-"In an apparatus of the kind described,

'the combination of a barrel, operative parts.

in said barrel, said barrel being provided with-a slot toward the rear of said barrel, a

pivoted toy said handle ried between said flanges by the lrelative iss said handle that extends along the innert said operative parts.

9. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a barrel having operative parts therein, vsaid barrel being provided with a slot toward the rearof said barrel, a flange extending from one edge ofsaid surface of said flange so as to cooperate .with

` slot, a handle pivoted to said flange, a wall of said handle being slitted downward fromnear the center of its upper edge, the wall on one side of said slit being bent inward then outward parallel to the rest of said wall, the bent in portion of said wall lying.

inside of said flange and being adapted to cooperatewith said operating parts, and the art of the wall on the other side'of said slit ying outside of said flange.

lO. ln an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a barrel having operative parts therein land provided with a slot toward its rear end, parallel flangesfextending from the edges of' said slots, la handle pivoted to said flanges having its side walls slit downward from toward the centers of their upper edgesthe parts in front of said slits being bent Yinward and then upward to parallelpositions, said' bent in portlons lying between said flanges, the part of the walls back of the bent in portions lying' along the outside of said Hanges anda trigger-piece pivoted between the bent in porthe purpose described l 11. In an apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a barrel having operative 'parts therein including a retracting ywire having its'rear end formed into a catch, the

rear end ofsaid barrel having an exposed edge said catch being adaptedto engage over said exposed edge. ,Y i

12. Inan apparatus of the kind described, the combination of a .barrel having a longitudinal slot toward its rearend and a guide portion at its forward end, a piston adapted to reciprocate in said barreland having a wire e extending rearwardly-therefrom and through said slot, `a spring adapted to drive said piston forward, a cork adapted to travel in said guide, and to be inserted in said barrel in front of said cork, la wire engaging the part of the wire e that extends through travel in said guide and to engage 'said cork to insert the saine in the barrel, and means,

for retraoting the wire e and saidpiston and releasing the same.l Y

tion.

WILLIAM r. SCHMIDT.

n testimony whereof, Isign this specificaltions of said wall substantiallyy as and for said slot and adaptedV at ,its `other end to 

